Building heritage collections using games on social networks

dc.contributor.advisorSuleman, Husseinen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorHavenga, Michelleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-07T13:46:08Z
dc.date.available2015-01-07T13:46:08Z
dc.date.issued2012en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractAn application on a social network may provide a means to avoid the cost, decrease time and increase scale of operation of heritage preservation by motivating users to supply and process the data. This project uses a Facebook application for the purpose of gathering heritage pictures and useful metadata and tagging. The application was written in Python using the Django Web Framework, connected to Facebook using the Graph API and was hosted on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instance. Motivation techniques to promote user participation were investigated.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationHavenga, M. (2012). <i>Building heritage collections using games on social networks</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11739en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationHavenga, Michelle. <i>"Building heritage collections using games on social networks."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11739en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationHavenga, M. 2012. Building heritage collections using games on social networks. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Havenga, Michelle AB - An application on a social network may provide a means to avoid the cost, decrease time and increase scale of operation of heritage preservation by motivating users to supply and process the data. This project uses a Facebook application for the purpose of gathering heritage pictures and useful metadata and tagging. The application was written in Python using the Django Web Framework, connected to Facebook using the Graph API and was hosted on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instance. Motivation techniques to promote user participation were investigated. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Building heritage collections using games on social networks TI - Building heritage collections using games on social networks UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11739 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11739
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationHavenga M. Building heritage collections using games on social networks. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Computer Science, 2012 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11739en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherComputer Scienceen_ZA
dc.titleBuilding heritage collections using games on social networksen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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